l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 26

Campaign contributions; restrict use by candidate for purposes unrelated to election campaign.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 23-15-802, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RESTRICT THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE MAY USE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR A REASON UNRELATED TO THE CANDIDATE'S CAMPAIGN TO SEEK ELECTION OR REELECTION TO AN OFFICE; TO PRESCRIBE THE PERSONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND LEGAL ENTITIES TO WHICH A CANDIDATE WHO IS FINALLY ELECTED, DEFEATED OR WITHDRAWS FROM AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN MAY DISBURSE SURPLUS CONTRIBUTIONS; TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 7 to February 4, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 4 · stopped28 days

Judiciary AJan 7 to Feb 4 · stopped28 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 7 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committees on Judiciary A and on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published